Well I'm basically broke with college expenses and I wish I could afford a razzi kit and some nice 18's for my Alero, but I don't have $800-1200 to spend on a nice set of rims and low profile tires. Along with another $800+ for a body kit. I'm not being sarcastic in that either. Strtrydr, you have a great looking car. I wish I could own an Alero as nice as yours, but I simply don't have the money to spend, so I find other, less expensive ways to modify my car.
OP, Here's a close-up of my painted stockers by the way to give you some ideas:
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/z.../Photo0108.jpg
I'm not boasting like a punk that "aye, my rimz be stuntin' yo!" No, not at all. This is still my first car, I got it with 93K on it. Now it has a little over 100K. Believe it or not, but I have tried pretty hard to make it look as unique as possible, all without putting money I don't have into it. It's quite discouraging to be laughed at for trying to mod my car within my own means. I'm not trying to rant, I'm just explaining my situation and reasoning behind my cheapo mods.
Sorry that I can't afford aftermarket rims and wanted to get wheel coating, sandpaper, high gloss clearcoat and spend 6 hours taping them up, painting them and polishing them so they look better than the stock grey/alloy look. All in all costing about $25. I think they look decent and cost me a fraction of the cost that aftermarkets would run. I don't even have a moderate budget, otherwise I would get some actual nice things for my car.
Sure, I would love to have an Alero like yours, but I don't have the money to invest at the moment. So I apologize for trying to help someone on a budget get a few simple, cheap, ideas from my past experimenting of someone who is also on a low budget but still enjoys working on their car to try to make it their own.